1967 Detroit Lions season

1967 Detroit Lions season
1967 Detroit Lions season
Head coach	Joe Schmidt
Home field	Tiger Stadium
Results
Record	5–7–2
Division place	3rd NFL Central
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1966; Lions seasons; 1968 →;

The 1967 Detroit Lions season was the 38th season in franchise history. On August 5, the Lions met the Denver Broncos in the first inter-league exhibition game. The Broncos beat the Lions 13–7 to become the first AFL team to beat an NFL team.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Lions boasted both the NFL's Offensive and Defensive rookies of the year: running back Mel Farr and cornerback Lem Barney.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Overall	Player	Position	School
1	7	Mel Farr^[4]	Running Back	UCLA
2	34	Lem Barney	Defensive Back	Jackson State
3	60	Paul Naumoff	Linebacker	Tennessee
4	88	Lew Kamanu	Defensive End	Weber State
6	141	Tim Jones	Quarterback	Weber State

Source:^[5]

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 17	at Green Bay Packers	T 17–17	0–0–1	50,861
2	September 24	Cleveland Browns	W 31–14	1–0–1	57,383
3	October 1	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 28–38	1–1–1	43,821
4	October 8	Green Bay Packers	L 17–27	1–2–1	57,877
5	October 15	at Chicago Bears	L 3–14	1–3–1	46,024
6	October 22	Atlanta Falcons	W 24–3	2–3–1	50,601
7	October 29	at San Francisco 49ers	W 45–3	3–3–1	37,990
8	November 5	Chicago Bears	L 13–27	3–4–1	55,606
9	November 12	at Minnesota Vikings	T 10–10	3–4–2	40,032
10	November 19	at Baltimore Colts	L 7–41	3–5–2	60,238
11	November 23	Los Angeles Rams	L 7–31	3–6–2	54,389
12	December 3	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 14–24	3–7–2	47,713
13	December 10	at New York Giants	W 30–7	4–7–2	63,011
14	December 17	Minnesota Vikings	W 14–3	5–7–2	44,874

Game summaries

Week 1

Detroit Lions (0–0) at Green Bay Packers (0–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	10	7	0	0	17
Packers	0	0	7	10	17

at Lambeau Field • Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: September 17
Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C) • Wind 6 mph
Game attendance: 50,861
TV: CBS
Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

Lions

Milt Plum
7/17, 41 Yds
Mel Farr
16 Rush, 95 Yds
Pat Studstill
3 Rec, 19 Yds

Packers

Bart Starr
14/23, 321 Yds, 4 INT
Jim Grabowski
10 Rush, 36 Yds
Carroll Dale
4 Rec, 109 Yds

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	DET	{{{HomeName}}}
1					Lions	Interception returned 24 yards for touchdown by Barney, Walker kick good	7	0
1					Lions	47-yard field goal by Walker	10	0
2					Lions	Marsh 3-yard touchdown run, Walker kick good	17	0
3					Packers	Pitts 3-yard touchdown run, Chandler kick good	17	7
4					Packers	Pitts 2-yard touchdown run, Chandler kick good	17	14
4					Packers	28-yard field goal by Chandler	17	17
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							17	17

Week 14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	0	3	0	3
• Lions	0	14	0	0	14

Date: December 17
Location: Tiger Stadium

Standings

NFL Central
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	9	4	1	.692	4–1–1	6–3–1	332	209	L2
Chicago Bears	7	6	1	.538	3–2–1	5–4–1	239	218	W1
Detroit Lions	5	7	2	.417	1–3–2	3–5–2	260	259	W2
Minnesota Vikings	3	8	3	.273	1–3–2	1–6–3	233	294	L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

1967 Detroit Lions roster

Quarterbacks

16 Milt Plum

14 Karl Sweetan

Running backs

31 Amos Marsh

24 Mel Farr FB

45 Bobby Felts

35 Tom Nowatzke

23 Tom Watkins

Wide receivers

81 Bill Malinchak

87 John Henderson

Tight ends

80 Jim Gibbons

88 Ron Kramer

85 Jerry Zawadzkas

Offensive linemen

75 John Gordy T

52 Bill Cottrell

79 Charlie Bradshaw T

54 Ed Flanagan C

68 Frank Gallagher G

66 Bob Kowalkowski G

70 Denis Moore T

73 Roger Shoals T

63 Chuck Walton G

77 Randy Winkler G

Defensive linemen

85 Lew Kamanu DL

74 Larry Hand DT

71 Alex Karras DT

78 Darris McCord DE

82 Jerry Rush DT

86 John McCambridge DE

83 Mike Melinkovich DE

Linebackers

53 Mike Lucci MLB

50 Paul Naumoff

55 Wayne Walker

57 Ron Goovert

59 Ernie Clark OLB

Defensive backs

20 Lem Barney CB

26 Mike Bass

44 Dick LeBeau CB

47 Wayne Rasmussen FS

27 Bobby Thompson S

48 Tom Vaughn FS

28 Mike Weger SS

Special teams

25 Pat Studstill

1 Garo Yepremian K

Reserve lists

None - vacant

Practice/Taxi squad

None - vacant

Note: rookies in italics

Playoffs

Awards and records

References

^ "Broncs stun NFL's Lions in exhibition". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). August 6, 1967. p. 2, sports.
^ "AFL's Broncos shock Lions, 13-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. August 6, 1967. p. 2B.
^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p.283
^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 395
^ "1967 Detroit Lions Draftees".

[bsnl-1] "Broncs stun NFL's Lions in exhibition". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). August 6, 1967. p. 2, sports.

[shilon-2] "AFL's Broncos shock Lions, 13-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. August 6, 1967. p. 2B.

[3] NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p.283

[4] NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 395

[5] "1967 Detroit Lions Draftees".

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]